Steve came over the house last week for a ‘jam’ as Nick the lightweight bailed out of poker. An interesting experience, as not only does Steve purposely tune his guitar in a manner that I have to shift the keyboard down by three semitones, but also – it’s just something that I’ve never really done [...]

I’ve been trying to learn how to play the classic Genesis song for the last couple of days. It’s slow going predominantly from the (relatively) massive 5-key chords that need to be played. It seems that my hand wasn’t quite designed to work that way! In the meantime, the pace is getting better and going [...]

Went to see Phil Collins last night. Pretty good show, played the hits that everybody wanted to hear (sans any material from ‘Both Sides’), had a good light show, and was on top form. I wouldn’t mind knowing where he gets his boundless energy from. I could do with some of that. Especially as I’m [...]

Whew! It’s been a long week. What with driving up to Scotland, back to Sheffield and back to Ramsgate in a week. Needless to say, I am a little worn out I went to see Peter Gabriel at the Sheffield arena on Wednesday. The show was great, but I had one word to say at [...]